EDN

A short primer on instruction set architecture

In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer. It’s also referred to as architecture or computer architecture. Moreover, a central processing unit (CPU) ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Dual Instruction-Set Architecture, Supporting A TTA And RISC-V Instruction Set Via a Lightweight Microcode Hardware Unit

A technical paper titled “Energy-Efficient Exposed Datapath Architecture With a RISC-V Instruction Set Mode” was published by researchers at Tampere University. “Transport triggered architectures ...
Electronic Design

RISC-V: The Instruction-Set Alternative

First and foremost, RISC-V is a modular, open-source, instruction set definition and nothing more. RISC-V as an ecosystem is much more. The instruction set provides the encoding and semantics, but it ...
EDN

Early Design Exploration of RISC-V Platform for Performance and Power Consumption

RISC-V instruction set architecture aims at increasing the reusability of software across different applications and platforms. A modern system-on-chip (SoC) platform has dozens of instruction set ...
Android Authority

Arm vs x86: Instruction sets, architecture, and all key differences explained

The Android operating system is built to run on three different types of processor architecture: Arm, Intel x86, and MIPS. The former is today’s ubiquitous architecture after Intel abandoned its ...
TechNode

SILICON | Loongson promises self-reliance with new architecture

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up Last week, Chinese processor company Loongson ...
TechSpot

Intel proposes the x86-S architecture for a simpler, more efficient CPU instruction set

Forward-looking: After being beaten by AMD in introducing the first, truly 64-bit instruction set in the x86 CPU world, Intel is now trying to get ahead of its historical competitor by working on a ...
Electronic Design

The Rise of RISC-V: From University Lab to Global Force in Silicon Design

SiFive’s role in creating RISC-V and driving it forward. How RISC-V transformed from a student project into a globally used architecture. The importance of open-standard architecture. RISC-V ...
inc42

What Is Chip Architecture? Here’s All You Need to Know

In semiconductors, architecture refers to the instruction set architecture (ISA), a detailed set of rules and specifications governing how a chip processes data and executes instructions. This ISA ...
SiliconANGLE

Arm rival SiFive raises $175M to accelerate development of its alternative RISC-V chip architecture

SiFive Inc., a computer chip startup that’s developing processor technology based on the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture, said today it has raised a hefty $175 million in a late-stage ...
Design-Reuse

RISC-V: The Open-Source Revolution in CPU Architecture

RISC-V is an open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that rapidly transforms the CPU design and development landscape. Unlike proprietary ISAs, RISC-V allows free access to architecture ...
SiliconANGLE

Arm moves to cancel Qualcomm’s instruction set architecture license

Arm Holdings plc plans to cancel a license that gives Qualcomm Inc. permission to use its instruction set architecture in chips. Bloomberg reported the development today. Qualcomm, the world’s top ...